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Frank Larry Matthews (February 13, 1944 – disappeared June 26, 1973), also known as Black Caesar, Mark IV and Pee Wee, was an American drug trafficker and crime boss who sold heroin and cocaine throughout the eastern United States from 1965 to 1972. He operated in 21 states and supplied drug dealers throughout every region of the country.
Feb 3, 2016 · He was charged with trying to sell about 40 pounds of cocaine in Miami from April to September 1972, a small fraction of the drugs he’d pushed since 1968. The feds believed Matthews had millions in currency stashed away in safety deposit boxes in Las Vegas.
Aug 4, 2018 · Frank “Black Caesar” Matthews was called one of the biggest heroin and cocaine traffickers in United States history by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Born on February 13, 1944 in Durham, North Carolina, he became involved in several criminal incidents from a young age.
Aug 3, 2022 · When the Five Families refused to allow him into the drug trade, Frank Matthews became a kingpin in his own right — until he mysteriously vanished in 1973 with $20 million. At the height of his drug empire in 1972, Frank Matthews — better known as “Black Caesar” — was operating out of nearly every region in the country.
Apr 12, 2012 · Frank Matthews was a druglord whose pioneering heroin and cocaine trafficking made him a Todt Hill neighbor of La Cosa Nostra "boss of bosses" Paul Castellano, and turned Matthews into...
Frank Larry Matthews (February 13, 1944 – disappeared June 26, 1973), also known as Black Caesar, Mark IV and Pee Wee, was an American drug trafficker and crime boss who sold heroin and cocaine throughout the eastern United States from 1965 to 1972.
Jun 23, 2013 · Frank Matthews, alleged drug kingpin, is scheduled to appear in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York. He is already facing six charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy, but the new indictment will add charges and supersede the first one.
Apr 22, 2012 · Charged with tax evasion and conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, he faced life behind bars. A Las Vegas magistrate with common sense set his bail at $5 million after prosecutors warned ...
Mar 16, 2012 · In 1974, Frank Matthews, history’s first African American drug kingpin, jumped bail in New York City with $15 to 20 million and ostensibly a beautiful girlfriend. Nearly four decades later, the fate of Frank Matthews, the money and the girlfriend, Cheryl Brown, remain a complete mystery.
Jun 29, 2023 · Frank Larry Matthews (born February 13, 1944), also known as Black Caesar, Mark IV and Pee Wee, was a drug trafficker who sold heroin and cocaine throughout the eastern United States from 1965 to 1972. At the peak of his career he operated in 21 states and supplied drug dealers throughout every region of the country.
